Effects of obesity, energy restriction and neutering on the faecal microbiota of cats

Surveys report that 25–57 % of cats are overweight or obese. The most evinced cause is neutering. Weight loss often fails; thus, new strategies are needed. Obesity has been associated with altered gut bacterial populations and increases in microbial dietary energy extraction, body weight and adiposi...

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Published in:British journal of nutrition 2017-10, Vol.118 (7), p.513-524
Main Authors: Fischer, Manuela M., Kessler, Alexandre M., Kieffer, Dorothy A., Knotts, Trina A., Kim, Kyoungmi, Wei, Alfreda, Ramsey, Jon J., Fascetti, Andrea J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abundance
Adipose tissue
Age
Animals
Bacteria
Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification
Body Composition
Body fat
Body Weight
Body weight loss
Caloric Restriction
Castration
Cats
Diabetes
Diet
Diet - veterinary
DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification
Energy
Feces - microbiology
Female
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Gene sequencing
Gram-Positive Bacteria - isolation & purification
Hormones
Intestine
Male
Metabolism
Microbiology
Microbiota
Microorganisms
Multivariate Analysis
Obesity
Obesity - microbiology
Obesity - veterinary
Overweight
Pathogens
Proteins
Reduction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - isolation & purification
Rodents
rRNA 16S
Sarcina
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Veterinary medicine
Weight control
Weight loss
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Summary:Surveys report that 25–57 % of cats are overweight or obese. The most evinced cause is neutering. Weight loss often fails; thus, new strategies are needed. Obesity has been associated with altered gut bacterial populations and increases in microbial dietary energy extraction, body weight and adiposity. This study aimed to determine whether alterations in intestinal bacteria were associated with obesity, energy restriction and neutering by characterising faecal microbiota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing in eight lean intact, eight lean neutered and eight obese neutered cats before and after 6 weeks of energy restriction. Lean neutered cats had a bacterial profile similar to obese rodents and humans, with a greater abundance (P
ISSN:0007-1145
1475-2662
DOI:10.1017/S0007114517002379